Do countries like Japan and North Korea celebrate Chinese New Year, our traditional holiday? What other countries in the world do?

China's traditional festivals North Korea (South Korea) basically;

China's Lunar New Year, Japan does not, and there is no holiday.

Other countries:

There are 224 countries and territories in the world***, of which 193 are countries and 31 are territories. Among them:

Asia (48 countries)

East Asia: China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan (5)

South-East Asia: the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia,

Timor-Leste (11)

South Asia: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh , India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives (7)

Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (5)

West Asia: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Yemen, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus (20)

Note: Sikkim has now been merged into India as one of its states, so it doesn't appear here, for more details see:

Europe (43 countries/1 region)

Northern Europe: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark Faroe Islands (Dan) (6)

Eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova (7)

Central Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein (8)

Western Europe: UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Monaco (7)

Southern Europe: Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Italy, Vatican, San Marino, Malta, Spain, Portugal, Andorra (16)

Africa (53 countries/6 regions)

North Africa: Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal) (8)

East Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Seychelles (10)

Central Africa: Chad, Central Africa, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo*** and State (i.e.: Congo-Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of the Congo*** and State (i.e.: Democratic Republic of the Congo), S?o Tomé and Principe (8)

West Africa: Mauritania, Western Sahara (note: not independent, see details at:), Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, C?te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Canary Islands (West) (18)

South Africa: Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, La Réunion (F), St. Helena (E) (15)

Oceania (14 countries/10 territories)

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa, Fiji Islands, Tonga, Cook Islands (Nueva Ecija), Guam (U.S.A.), New Caledonia (F), French Polynesia, Pitcairn (Eng) ), Wallis & Futuna (F), Niue (N), Tokelau (N), American Samoa, Northern Mariana (U.S.

North America (23 countries/13 territories)

North America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Greenland (Dan) (4)

Central America: Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (7)

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica*** and State, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico (US), British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla (GB), Montserrat (GB), Guadeloupe (F), Martinique (F), Netherlands Antilles, Aruba (NL), Turks and Caicos Islands (GB), Cayman Islands (GB), Bermuda (GB) (25)

South America (12 countries/1 region)

North: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname (5)

Western Central: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (3)

Eastern: Brazil (1)

Southern: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay (4)